Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-07-09

The following is the eighth annual re-
port of the Librarian


The following is the eighth annual re-
port Of the Librarian
To the Board Of Trustees of The Socro,,.,to Eve.
Fu6Hc Library: / herewith present nv eighth
annual report of the Sacramento Free Public
Library, Tor the year ending June 80 1887 The
library was open 3ig days during the past year
Inc number of books issued in that time was
A,lO3, which is decrease of 5,Ol4 from last
year issue. This decrease is accounted for nv
the TACT that last year the percentage of fiction
was greater by three per cent. The issue of
books was divided as follows: Fiction. "a 52s.
history, $50; biography, / 1885, travel and adyen.
ture, 1896; miscellaneous literature 25S2 relic
ION 90; poetry and drama, 722; science and
art, l525. The average number of books issued
per day l26 the greatest number issued in one
Jay. 900 percentage of fiction, rs. Number of
names me on the register 1887; being an increase
OF 100 for the year. Number of books lost D :.
OF these, five were paid for. Number of books
worn ont and condemned, u.s. Number of books
rebound, 526. Number of books added to the
library during the year, 800; of these 500 were
purchased ia were donated by the Govern
ment; ll3 were bound magazines and news
papers, and 30 were donated by individuals
feflodicals were subscribed for as follows
monthly magazines, 81 weekly illustrated pa
pers, u weekly newspapers, So: daily papers
10 donated 55-making II total of l9i periodi-
Gals IN the reading-rooms. The amount of fines
e0ilecteo on delinquent, lost and injured books,
SlZ' To-. Number of books repaired in the Ii,
6Tary, ,24. Number of catalogues sold, IL
The attendance in the reading-ro was about
the same as in previous years. Respectfully
NEW BOOKS.
The following are the new books recently
purchased for the Library. They will be
ready for circulation this morning
Memoirs OF Henry W. Longfellow :"
" House at High Bridge" Fawcett "Oues-
tions of Identity" no Name series.
" Week Away from Time :" Two Broth
ers," Balzac; New Man at Rosemere."
Walworth Tragic Mystery" John
Parmelees Curse" Hawthorne =" For Her
Household" Douglass; Boston Girls
Ambition" Townsend g Drone's Honey"
Clarke; Writing and Speech-making."
Higginson Hall in the Grove" Alden
g Story Book of Science" Farmer Ran
dom Recollections,n Stanton; Romance
OF the Unexpected" Foster; " Familiar
Quotations, Bartlett; Principles of Edu-
cation" Greenwood; Millionaire of
Rough and Ready, " Crusade of the Excel
sior," Harte; Martyr of Golgotha ; ESQ
rich Democracy and Other Essavs,''
Lowell British Poetry" Fields; 'Orna-
mental Interiors. Smith; "Deserter." King;
" Bellona's Husband" Genone; Wear
and Tear-Hints for the Overworked,"
Mitchell; Mistaken Paths Dick; Tor
nadoeS," Finley; Julius Cesar" Napo-
leon LII History of Europe" ga vol
umes), Alison Cyclopedia of Travel"
Tay lor; "Gilded Age" Clemens; Popu-
lar Recreator :" Resources of Texas
donated, Roberts; "Sabina Zembra,"
Black american Political Ideas, Fiske;
Shaybacks in Camp" Barrows; ella
mingo Feather" Munroe; "Plutrach's
Lives = Strange Story" Lytton " In the
Schillings Court" John Vain Forebod-
lngs," Oswald Duke of Monmouth
Gnttln; Florida for Tourists. Invalids
and Settlers" Barbour; " Urband and His
Friends" Prentiss; Dramatic and Mis-
cellaneous Poems" Mcdonald; History
of England" Thompson; " History of
Scotland, Macarthur " History of italy"
Hunt; History of Germany" Sine
- History of France" Yonge; Land of
the Veda," Butler.